Archive for the ‘Blog Trials’ Category

Out of My Element

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

This week my daughter and I are spending the week with my parents. My husband, brother and three others have traveled to Atlanta for the International Woodworking Fair held there every two years. Since the only car I can drive will be at the airport the rest of ...

Spreading the Love with CommentLuv

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Just added the WordPress CommentLuv widget to this blog. I've had the benefit of commenting on a good number of blogs that offer this service so I thought it'd be nice to reciprocate. So please, drop by, comment and maybe click through on one of my ads just ...

To EntreCard or Not To Entrecard???

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

In my short months with Entrecard it has brought my blogs greater traffic and some very good commenters. I know that they would never have found my blog without it. Over the past month I've had a combination of problems with my internet connection, PC crashes and just ...

Don’t Pass Up This Op to Make $50

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Blogging is a wonderful pasttime. It gives us a chance to write about things we find interesting and also to find out what other people think about our soapboxes and bad days. It is so much fun to enter contests and sign up for free offers on the ...

What’s Your Favorite Sales Widget?

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

I've been parousing the variety of Wordpress compatible widgets available across the web for sales via a blog lately.  It really is difficult to decide which will be best to use.  So, I decided to write this post to get your opinions.  There are many blogs out there, I've noticed, ...

Protect Your Family While Blogging

Friday, May 23rd, 2008

After a few months on the Entrecard circuit I've noticed one thing - there is a plethora of people willing to divulge every little detail about their lives, even their children's lives. I've done my fair share of sharing, but not enough to make me feel exposed or vulnerable ...

I am blog #1393 on the Million Blog List

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

I listed my blogs today on the Million Blog List. The point of the site is to see how long it will take to get oen million blogs to list themselves on their site. They started their listing on April 10th and are already very close to 1400. ...

I signed up for PPP!

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

I’ve searched the Internet far and wide in recent days seeking out a way to get paid for all the time I spend blogging. Also, I wanted a way to make money that would not cheat my readers of the joy of reading my blog (if it gives you joy). ...

Reciprocal results not forthcoming

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

I know this is not the first post to express disappointment in the U Drop/I Follow or the U Comment/I Follow trend, but it's a frustration I must share. To commiserate with my blogging compadres I have seen little if any reciprocation of my commenting or dropping efforts. ...

I think I’m in LOVE. . .

Friday, April 11th, 2008

. . . with FireFox! As a dedicated user of all programs Microsoft I finally gave in to the proddings of all my fellow bloggers: USE FIREFOX. After weeks of utter frustration with IE7 crashing every few minutes or when my internet connection would break I downloaded FireFox. ...